> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Cameras helping to keep police dogs safe
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/cameras-helping-to-keep-police-dogs-safe/
- Published: 2026-07-22T06:30:36.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-22T06:30:35.000Z
- Description: Officers help create harnesses to allow animals to provide real-time images.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: News, Crime

NEW technology is being used to help keep Staffordshire Police's dogs safe.

The four-legged crimefighters will be fitted with cameras to provide real-time pictures to the handler to help with searches and reduce the risk of harm to the animals.

Firearms support dogs have used the Axon Body 4 cameras after creating their own harness by modifying a piece of tracking equipment.

Dog handler PC Craig Neeson said:

> "There wasn’t anything on the market that did what we needed it to do.  
>  
> "Some of the military-style options were very expensive, so we worked with what we had and kept refining it until it was fit for purpose."